Collettiva
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun
Quando
2021
Vasquez de la Horra’s wax-dipped pencil drawings are at once personal and universal. Her work explores such vast themes as Chile’s history (her native country), religion, sex, myths, social realities, folk culture and death; some of which are recurring throughout her practice. The viewer is drawn into her universe of fantastic creatures haunted by carnal and psychological concerns.
Clearly influenced by literature, and more specifically Chilean poet Nicanor Parra’s antipoetry, Vasquez de la Horra’s pencil drawings convey the same humor, irony and irreverence typical of Parra’s radical anti- lyricism. The artist’s imagery reflects the serious, the comic and the ordinary of the common man’s everyday existence depicted in a visual language that is high-spirited, coated with black humor and rooted in popular culture.
As in Parra’s use of banal language and humorous turns of phrase to depict often tragic or pathetic situations, Vasquez de la Horra’s work embodies the same irony and humanism. In some of her works, the titles are written in large letters within the drawing itself, becoming an integral part of the imagery, in Spanish, English or German. The way in which the artist combines text and image comes close to the aesthetics of visual poetry.
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Saludo a Olorun
2021
Disegno composto di 4 elementi, grafite e acquerello su carta, cera
214 x 156 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Las Cordilleras Encontradas
2020-21
Vista dell'installazione alla 59° Mostra Internazionale d'Arte – La Biennale di Venezia “Il Latte dei sogni”, 2022
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Las Cordilleras Encontradas
2020-21
Vista dell'installazione alla 59° Mostra Internazionale d'Arte – La Biennale di Venezia “Il Latte dei sogni”, 2022
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Naceres
2020
Grafite, acquerello su carta, cera
36 x 58 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Yamaya
2015
Grafite su carta, cera
145 x 108 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Torre
2017
Graphite on paper, wax
50 x 38 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Del polvo vienes y en polvo te convertiras
2014
Grafite su carta, cera
75 x 50 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Paranoia
2019
Graphite on paper, wax
50 x 35 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Morta
2018
Grafite su carta, cera
56 x 41 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
El Gloton
2014
Grafite su carta, cera
85 x 65 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Columnata
2019
Graphite on paper, wax
50 x 35 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Bed Secrets
2005-2007
Grafite su carta, cera
40 x 50 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Atardecer
2017
Graphite on paper, wax
30 x 40 cm
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Amanecer
2017
Grafite su carta, cera
30 x 40 cm